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Letters Patent No.'74,594, dated February 18, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN =BREEGHLOADING FIRE-ARMS.

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To ALL wHoM I'rv MAY ooNcEEn.:v f Y` Be it known that I, S. S. REMBERT,of Memphis, in the'county of Shelby, and State oi' Tennessee, haveinvented some new and useful Improvements in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms,and cartridges for the same; `and do hereby declare that thefollowingvis va full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichv willenable those skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference beinghad to the'accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. l

llhe present invention relates to double-barrelled breechrloadingfire-arms more particularly, and to cartridges for the same.

The inwentionl consists, first, in a projection at the breech-end of thebarrels, between/the two, of such a shape, in combination withvaeorresponding-shaped recess or notch in the upper portion of the stockor butt, that, when such projection 'is in the vsaid recess, the barrelswill be held iirmly and securely in position while being discharged;second, in a novel connection between the trigger-guard and the barrels,in combination with hinging the barrels to the butt or frame, whereby,by properly swinging such trigger-guard, the barrels can be thrown upand out of' place, for removing or inserting a cartridge, andbroughtback into'position, according as may be desired; third, in acartridge-case, provided with a nipplein a novel and peculiarmanner;fourth, in a. novel-constructed nipple for'the cart1idgecase; fifth, inafsirnple attachment to the gun-barrels, for extractin thecartridge-case therefrom. In the accompanying plate of' drawings, theimprovements embraced in the present invention are il1ustrated` v y A, I

Figure 1 being a plan or top view of a portion of a doupTe-barreiled gunat the breech, and of the barrel.

Figure 2, a longitudinal section, taken in the plane of -the` line :vrv, iig. l.

Figure 3, a central section through a.v cartridge made according to onepart of the present invention.

Similar letters of reference ipdicate corresponding parts.

A A, in the drawings, represent the two barrels of a doubledfbarr'elledfire-arm. B, a projectionat breechv end of barrels A, betwden the two.The shape of this projection, in cross-section, is shown in iig. 1,and'in the opposite direction, iu the section, iig. 2. C, a. recess' ornotch in butt of frame D, of corresponding shape to projection B, inwhichrecess the said projection lits when the barrels are down andinposition, firmly fastening and securing the barrels. The two barrelsare hung, by a pivot .at E, to the front end of the frame D, so thatthey can be swung upward.. F, the trigger-guard, made of the generalbent form in the direction of its length, shown'in tig. 2, and hungatone end, G, to the under side of the butt, so as to swing thereon. H, alink-piece or block, pivoted at one endto trigger uard at I, and'atanother end pivoted or hinged to the under side ofthe barrels. By thearrangement of the trigger-guard, and its connection withthe barrelsthrough the link-piece above described, the barrels can be swung upaudfrom the sto-ck o r butt-frame, or down upon the same, accord'- ng asmay be desired, the barrels, when in their upward position, having theirends open and exposed. .J, a cartridge, made of a tapering sha-pe uponits inside, with thesides at thefopen end the thinnest.lfhis'cartridgecase J also, upon its outside, is made tapering fromv endto end, so as to t better within the barrel, which is made of acorrespondingftaper, or nearly so, at its breech-end, for the purpose ofreceiving the-same. K, a nipple, projecting from upper side ofcartridge-case, and extending 'down through, across thefeartridge,resting by its lower end upon asteel head, N, screwed 'into the underside of the case. On this head the percussioncap or'wafer is to beplaced, when, it' the nipple is struck, will explode-the cartridge, asis obvious. The breech-end of the`barrel isisuitably cut out to allowthe nipple'ot' the cartridge to extend through for the huur- 'tner ofthe fire-'arm to strike and explode it. In iig. 3, the nipple thereshown is like the ordinarynipplcs to fire-arms, and is secured in-p'osition upon 'and to the cartridge-vease. O, the.cartridge-extractor,consisting ol" a lever-handle, R, hung by a pivot to the side of thebarrel, in position for its upper'end t'o seiz'e the nipple-of thecartridge, and t'hus'to force it out whenmovedin theproper directiontherefor. i I

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The retractorsO, pivoted to theisides of the stock, and operated'by the trigger-guard,whereby, as the barrels are raised by pushing forward the trigger-guard,thefupper ends of the retractors catch against'the nipple K, andwithdraw thecartridge, as herein shown and described'. v

2. The nipple K, when inserted inthe cartridge-case J, with its lowerend resting upon the screw-block N, in the under side ,of saidcartridge, as herein shown andl described.

n i S. S'. REM-BERT. Witnesses:

W. D. LEWIS,

T. H. MAGEE.

